Psalms 44
1 “For the leader of the music. A psalm of the sons of Korah.” O God! we have heard with our ears, Our fathers have told us, What deeds thou didst in their days, In the days of old.
`To victorie, lernyng to the sones of Chore. God, we herden with oure eeris; oure fadris telden to vs. The werk, which thou wrouytist in the daies of hem; and in elde daies.
2 With thine own hand didst thou drive out the nations, And plant our fathers; Thou didst destroy the nations, And cause our fathers to flourish.
Thin hond lost hethene men, and thou plauntidist hem; thou turmentidist puplis, and castidist hem out.
3 For not by their own swords did they gain possession of the land, Nor did their own arms give them victory; But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance; For thou didst favor them!
For the children of Israel weldiden the lond not bi her swerd; and the arm of hem sauyde not hem. But thi riyt hond, and thin arm, and the liytnyng of thi cheer; for thou were plesid in hem.
4 Thou art my king, O God! O send deliverance to Jacob!
Thou art thi silf, my kyng and my God; that sendist helthis to Jacob.
5 Through thee we may cast down our enemies; Through thy name we may trample upon our adversaries!
Bi thee we schulen wyndewe oure enemyes with horn; and in thi name we schulen dispise hem, that risen ayen vs.
6 I trust not in my bow, Nor can my sword save me.
For Y schal not hope in my bouwe; and my swerd schal not saue me.
7 But it is thou only who savest us from our enemies, And puttest to shame those who hate us!
For thou hast saued vs fro men turmentinge vs; and thou hast schent men hatinge vs.
8 In God will we glory continually; Yea, we will praise thy name for ever! (Pause)
We schulen be preisid in God al dai; and in thi name we schulen knouleche to thee in to the world.
9 Yet now thou hast cast us off, and put us to shame; Thou goest not forth with our armies.
But now thou hast put vs abac, and hast schent vs; and thou, God, schalt not go out in oure vertues.
10 Thou makest us turn back from the enemy, And they who hate us make our goods their prey.
Thou hast turned vs awei bihynde aftir oure enemyes; and thei, that hatiden vs, rauyschiden dyuerseli to hem silf.
11 Thou makest us like sheep destined for food, And scatterest us among the nations.
Thou hast youe vs as scheep of meetis; and among hethene men thou hast scaterid vs.
12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, And increasest not thy wealth by their price.
Thou hast seeld thi puple with out prijs; and multitude was not in the chaungyngis of hem.
13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and a derision to those who are around us.
Thou hast set vs schenschip to oure neiyboris; mouwyng and scorn to hem that ben in oure cumpas.
14 Thou makest us a byword among the nations, And causest the people to shake their heads at us.
Thou hast set vs into licnesse to hethene me; stiryng of heed among puplis.
15 My ignominy is continually before me, And shame covereth my face,
Al dai my schame is ayens me; and the schenschipe of my face hilide me.
16 On account of the voice of the scoffer and the reviler, And on account of the enemy and the avenger.
Fro the vois of dispisere, and yuele spekere; fro the face of enemy, and pursuere.
17 All this hath come upon us; Yet have we not forgotten thee, Nor have we been false to thy covenant.
Alle these thingis camen on vs, and we han not foryete thee; and we diden not wickidli in thi testament.
18 Our hearts, have not wandered from thee, Nor have our feet gone out of thy path;
And oure herte yede not awei bihynde; and thou hast bowid awei oure pathis fro thi weie.
19 Though thou hast crushed us in a land of jackals, And covered us with thick darkness.
For thou hast maad vs lowe in the place of turment; and the schadewe of deth hilide vs.
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God, Or stretched forth our hands to a strange God,
If we foryaten the name of oure God; and if we helden forth oure hondis to an alien God.
21 Surely God would search it out; For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Whether God schal not seke these thingis? for he knowith the hid thingis of herte.
22 But for thy sake we are killed all the day; We are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
For whi we ben slayn al dai for thee; we ben demed as scheep of sleyng.
23 Awake! why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise! cast us not off for ever!
Lord, rise vp, whi slepist thou? rise vp, and putte not awei in to the ende.
24 Wherefore dost thou hide thy face, And forget our affliction and oppression?
Whi turnest thou awei thi face? thou foryetist oure pouert, and oure tribulacioun.
25 Our soul is bowed down to the dust; Our body cleaveth to the earth.
For oure lijf is maad low in dust; oure wombe is glued togidere in the erthe.
26 Arise, O thou, our strength! And deliver us, for thy mercy's sake!
Lord, rise vp thou, and helpe vs; and ayenbie vs for thi name.
